Novato Community Events

Below is a non-comprehensive list of events happening in Novato and our surrounding areas of Marin and Sonoma County. Please email NMC.NVillalta@gmail.com if you have any events to add!

Look for the NMC logo below for NMC official events.  Join our member-only Facebook group to follow our weekly event posts for any other events that our NMC community adds.

Please find our NMC Member-only events here.

    November Events

    Wednesday, 11/04

    Friday, 11/06

    Saturday, 11/07

    Sunday, 11/08

    Wednesday, 11/11
    • 7am-9pm Free Entrance Days - Veterans Day at National Parks (Muir Woods, Yosemite, SF’s Maritime National Historical Park)
    Thursday, 11/12 Friday, 11/13Saturday, 11/14

                  Recurring Fall Events

                  Always Recurring Events

                  Weekly:  


                  • Tuesdays from 10-10:30am Stories and Rhyme Wiggle Time at the Novato Library. Ages 5 and under
                  • Tuesdays from 10am-10pm Kids Eat Free at World Famous HotBoys, Novato w/ paid accompanying adult  $
                  • Wednesdays from 10:30-11:15am Mart Littles Music outside Poppy Store at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur
                  • Wednesdays from 3:30-5pm Homework Helpers at Novato Library. Grades 3-10
                  • Thursdays from 8am-1pm Marin Farmers Market at Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael
                  • Thursdays from 10:30-11:15am Mart Littles Storytime on the Big Log outside Copperfield's Books at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur
                  • Thursdays from 6-7pm Sports Thursday Night Run Club at Sports Basement, Novato
                  • Thursdays from 6:30-8pm Insight Talk and Meditation at Anubhuti Meditation Center
                  • Saturdays from 10:30-11:30am Russian Storytime! at Marin City Library
                  • Saturdays from 12-4pm Meet the Makers at Made Local Marketplace
                  • Sundays from 8am-1pm Marin Farmers Market at Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael
                  • Sundays from 10am-8:30pm Kids Eat Free at Finnegan's Marin, Novato w/ paid accompanying adult  $

                  Monthly:  


                  • First Tuesday of the month (except January): The Mill Valley Arts Commission's FIRST TUESDAY ARTWALK! with receptions from 5:30-7pm
                  • First and Third Wednesday of the month: Music & Movement Storytime with Colors of Spanish from 11:15am-12:15pm at the South Novato Library
                  • Every other Wednesday: Books & Bubbles from 10-11am at the Novato Library. Ages 5 and under
                  • First Thursday of the month: The Challah Club at 3:30pm at Chabad Jewish Center of Petaluma
                  • First Saturday of the month: The Home Depot's Kids Workshop at 9am at either San Rafael or Rohnert Park stores
                  • First Saturday of the month: Open House & Veteran Storytelling from 12-3pm at the Nike Missile Site
                  • Second Monday of every month: Live Music in the Hall from 5:30-9pm at at Larkspur's American Legion Post 313
                  • Second Saturday of every month: Makers Market from 11am-5pm at Mill Valley Lumber Yard
                  • Second Sunday of every month: The Outdoor Antique Market from 9am-3pm at The Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium Parking Lot, San Rafael
                  • Second Sunday of every month: The Box Shop's Second Sunday Open House! from 12-4pm 
                  • Second and Fourth Sunday of every month: Marine Science Sunday from 10:30am-3pm at The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito. Pre-registration required.
                  • Third Thursday of every month: Mobile Art in the Garden from 10-11:30am at the San Rafael Community Center
                  • Fourth Saturday of every month: Sausalito Art & Harbor Days from 10am-3pm at the Sausalito Ferry Building
                  • Last Monday of every month (except December): Museum Mondays at 10am for Little Ones at the Charles M. Schulz Museum $10/child (includes 2 adults)


                    Other Resources

                    • Visit Novato is Novato's visitor information center and they keep their Events Calendar up-to-date on local happenings.
                    • The Marin Mommies Family Events Calendar has a great list of things to do every day in Marin County. Just choose the day.
                    • Marin Convention & Visitors Bureau will have a list Marin events. Just pick the month.
                    • FunCheap is an extraordinary list of free/affordable SF Bay Area events with a specific North Bay region events page.
                    • Ronnie's Awesome List is great resource for all Bay area events (from the North Bay down to the South Bay).


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